A four day throwing marathon for all those suffering throwing abstinence ! A “non stop round the clock” practise on the wheel with unlimited clay and loads of enthusiasm! Defining techniques, pulling and pushing, altering, cutting and adding. Round pots, oval pots, square pots. Handles, spouts, wings and horns all day long and plenty of Chianti at sunset.
Programme
June 30: Arrival between 1 and 3 pm. Workshop starts in the afternoon
July 1-3 : Full day workshop
July 4: Finish workshop by 12:30.

Pietro Elia Maddalena studied ceramics at the West Surrey College of Art & Design in England. After two more years of work at Dartington Workshop, he returned to Italy where in 1980 he established a studio in Certaldo, near Florence. Pietro is the founder and director of the International School of Ceramics LA MERIDIANA located in Tuscany, Italy. Also instructor and maker he says of himself : “ I am totally and continuously interested in the process of making. I see the craft object as a projection of the human spirit and the culture in which it was nurtured. In elaborating concept, material and process, my ultimate goal is the expression of beauty through sophisticated and sensual forms”.www.pietro.net